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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 260 BC | | | |  260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermathThe emperor died while on a tour to Eastern China, searching for the legendary Islands of the Immortals (off the coast of Eastern China) and for the secret of eternal life. Reportedly he died of swallowing mercury pills, which was made by his court scientists and doctors, containing too much mercury. Ironically, these pills were meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal.
His death occurred in the beginning of September 210 BC at the palace in Shaqiu prefecture, about two months away by road from the capital Xianyang. Prime minister Li Si, ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - First Emperor: the unifier, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Qin Shi Huang was interested in immortality and visited Zhifu Island. These deeds became a very popular story of the emperor sending a Zhifu islander, Xu Fu (徐福), as the religious leader of ships with hundreds of young men and women in search of the pill of immortality. These people never returned, as they knew that if they did return without the "immortality pill", they would surely be executed. The legend claims that they settled down in one of the Japanese islands. The legend also claims that this is the reason why many aspects of the Japanese language are similar to their Chinese counterparts, and the fact that the ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - First Emperor: the unifier, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography In traditional Chinese historiography, the First Emperor was almost always portrayed as a brutal tyrant, superstitious (a result of his interest in immortality and assassination paranoia) and sometimes even as a mediocre ruler. Ideological prejudices against the Legalist State of Qin were established as early as 266 BC, when Confucian philosopher Xun Zi compared it to barbarian tribes and wrote "Qin has the heart of a tiger or a wolf … [and is ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - First Emperor: the unifier, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography |
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| | | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath The emperor died while on a tour to Eastern China, searching for the legendary Islands of the Immortals (off the coast of Eastern China) and for the secret of eternal life. Reportedly he died of drinking a potion, which was made by his court scientists and doctors, containing too much mercury. Ironically, this potion was meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal.
His death occurred in the beginning of September 210 BC at the palace in Shaqiu prefecture, about two months away by road from the capital Xianyang. Prime minister Li Si, who acco ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - First Emperor: the unifier, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror At the time of the young Zheng's birth, China was divided into warring feudal states. This period of Chinese history is referred to as the Warring States Period. The competition was extremely fierce and by 260 BC there were only a handful of states left (the others having been conquered and annexed), but Zheng's state, Qin, was the most powerful. It was governed by Legalist philosophy and focused earnestly on military matters.
Zheng was born in Handan (邯鄲), the capital of the enemy State of Zhao. He was the son of Zichu, a prince ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - First Emperor: the unifier, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography In traditional Chinese historiography, the First Emperor was almost always portrayed as a brutal tyrant, superstitious (a result of his interest in immortality and assassination paranoia) and sometimes even as a mediocre ruler. Ideological prejudices against the Legalist State of Qin were established as early as 266 BC, when Confucian philosopher Xun Zi compared it to barbarian tribes and wrote "Qin has the heart of a tiger or a wolf … [and is ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - Unification of China, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work Most of what is known about Hipparchus comes from Ptolemy's (2nd century) Almagest ("the great treatise"; ed. [Toomer 1981]), with additional references to him by Pappus of Alexandria and Theon of Alexandria (4th century) in their commentaries on the Almagest; from Strabo's Geographia ("Geography"), and from Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia ("Natural history") (1st century).
There is a strong tradition that Hipparchus was born in Nicaea (Greek Νικαία), in the ancient district of Bithynia (modern- ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources Many of the works of Greek scientists - mathematicians, astronomers, geographers - have been preserved up to the present time, or some aspects of their work and thought are still known through later references. However, achievements in these fields by Middle Eastern civilizations, notably those in Babylonia, had been forgotten. After the discovery of the archaeological sites in the 19th century, many writings on clay tablets have been found, some of them related to astronomy. Most known astronomical tablets have been described by A. Sachs, and later published by Otto Neugebauer in "Astrono ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness In 285 BC, Demetrius, worn down by his fruitless campaign, surrendered to Seleucus. At this point he wrote to son and his commanders in Athens and Corinth telling them to henceforth consider him a dead man and to ignore any letters they might receive written under his seal. Macedonia, meanwhile had been divided between Pyrrhus and Lysimachus, but like two wolves sharing a piece of meat, they soon fought over it with the result that Lys ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general The fate of Antigonus Gonatas, now 18, was closely tied with that of his father Demetrius who escaped from the battle with 9.000 troops. Jealousy among the victors eventually allowed Demetrius to regain part of the power his father had lost. He conquered Athens and much of Greece and in 294 BC he seized the throne of Macedonia from Alexander, the son of Cassander.
Because Antigonus Gonatas was the grandson of Antipater and the nephew of Cassander, through his mother, his presence helped to reconcile the ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family Antigonus Gonatas was born around 319 BC, probably in Gonnoi in Thessaly. He was related to the most powerful of the Diadochi (the generals of Alexander who divided the empire after his death in 323 BC). Antigonus's father was Demetrius Poliorcetes, who was the son of Antigonus, who then controlled much of Asia. His mother was Phila, the daughter of Antipater. The latter controlled Macedonia and Greece and was recognized as regent of the empire, which in theory remained united. In this year, however, Antipater died, ...
See also:Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family, Antigonus II Gonatas - Demetrius's general, Antigonus II Gonatas - In the wilderness, Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Pyrrhus, Antigonus II Gonatas - The Chremonidean war, Antigonus II Gonatas - Antigonus against Aratus, Antigonus II Gonatas - Death and Appraisal Read more here: » Antigonus II Gonatas: Encyclopedia II - Antigonus II Gonatas - Birth and family |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry Hipparchus is recognised as the first mathematician who compiled a trigonometry table, which he needed when computing the eccentricity of the orbits of the Moon and Sun. He tabulated values for the chord function, which gives the length of the chord for each angle. He did this for a circle with a circumference of 21,600 and a radius of (rounded) 3438 units: this has a unit length of 1 arc minute along its perimeter. He tabulated the chords for angles with increments of 7.5°. In modern terms, the chord of an angle equals twice the sine of half of the angle, ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry Hipparchus is credited with the invention or improvement of several astronomical instruments, which were used for a long time for naked-eye observations. According to Synesius of Ptolemais (4th century) he made the first astrolabion: this may have been an armillary sphere (which Ptolemy however says he constructed, in Almagest V.1); or the predecessor of the planar instrument called astrolabe (also mentioned by Theon of Alexandria). With an astrolabe Hipparchus was the first to be able to measure the geographical latitude and t ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry |
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| | | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath The emperor died while on a tour to Eastern China, searching for the legendary Islands of the Immortals (off the coast of Eastern China) and for the secret of eternal life. Reportedly he died of drinking a potion, which was made by his court scientists and doctors, containing too much mercury. Ironically, this potion was meant to make Qin Shi Huang immortal.
His death occurred in the beginning of September 210 BC at the palace in Shaqiu prefecture, about two months away by road from the capital Xianyang. Prime minister Li Si, who acco ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - Unification of China, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror At the time of the young Zheng's birth, China was divided into warring feudal states. This period of Chinese history is referred to as the Warring States Period. The competition was extremely fierce and by 260 BC there were only a handful of states left (the others having been conquered and annexed), but Zheng's state, Qin, was the most powerful. It was governed by Legalist philosophy and focused earnestly on military matters.
Zheng was born in Handan (邯鄲), the capital of the enemy State of Zhao. He was the son of Zichu, a prince ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - Unification of China, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC Hipparchus is perhaps most famous for having been the first to measure the precession of the equinoxes. There is some suggestion that the Babylonians may have known about precession, but it appears that Hipparchus was the first to really understand it and measure it. According to al-Battani, Chaldean astronomers had distinguished the tropical and sidereal year. He stated that they had, around 330 BC, an estimation for the length of the sidereal year to be SK = 365 days 6 hours 11 min (= 365.258 days) with an er ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue After that, in 135 BC, enthusiastic about a nova in the constellation of Scorpius, he measured with an equatorial armillary sphere ecliptical coordinates of about 1,000 stars (the exact number is not known) for his star catalogue.
He also knew the work Phainomena (Phenomena). That poem, known as Phaenomena or Arateia, describes the constellations and the stars that form them. Hipparchus' commentary contains many measurements of stellar position and times for rising, culmination, and setting of the constella ...
See also:Hipparchus astronomer, Hipparchus astronomer - Life and work, Hipparchus astronomer - Babylonian sources, Hipparchus astronomer - Geometry and trigonometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Lunar and solar theory, Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Moon, Hipparchus astronomer - Apparent motion of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Orbit of the Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Calendar, Hipparchus astronomer - Distance parallax size of the Moon and Sun, Hipparchus astronomer - Eclipses, Hipparchus astronomer - Astronomical instruments and astrometry, Hipparchus astronomer - Geography, Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial bodies, Hipparchus astronomer - Celestial coordinate systems, Hipparchus astronomer - Brightness of stars, Hipparchus astronomer - Precession of the equinoxes 146 BC-130 BC, Hipparchus astronomer - Hipparchus and astrology, Hipparchus astronomer - Named after Hipparchus, Hipparchus astronomer - Literature Read more here: » Hipparchus astronomer: Encyclopedia II - Hipparchus astronomer - Star catalogue |
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| | | | | 260 BC: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Qin Shi Huang was interested in immortality and visited Zhifu Island. These deeds became a very popular story of the emperor sending a Zhifu islander, Xu Fu (徐福), as the religious leader of ships with hundreds of young men and women in search of the pill of immortality. These people never returned, as they knew that if they did return without the "immortality pill", they would surely be executed. The legend claims that they settled down in one of the Japanese islands. The legend also claims that this is the reason why many aspects of the Japanese language are similar to their Chinese counterparts, and the fact that the J ...
See also:Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang - Naming conventions, Qin Shi Huang - Youth and King of Qin: the conqueror, Qin Shi Huang - Unification of China, Qin Shi Huang - Death and aftermath, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in historiography, Qin Shi Huang - Qin Shi Huang in fiction, Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Qin Shi Huang: Encyclopedia II - Qin Shi Huang - Miscellaneous |
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